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Play Chess Online Against Computer24 ( +1 | -1 )Capablanca Was the greatest natural genius in chess history. Bobby Fischer said: "Capablanca was possibly the greatest player in the history of chess. Botvinnik said: "You can not play chess unless you have studied Capablanca's games". Even Kasparov said: "Capablanca invariably chose the right option, no matter how intricate the position". In his entire carere, Capa lost only 34 games. Who can compare to him. His blood pressure problems created… More: chess online

Chess Live63 ( +1 | -1 )Chess MINIATURE GAMES : This thread is to display any games that you have played, or someone else did that but you "Found" and enjoyed it, and would so like to share it with others. Notes are great, but optional. DEFINITION: MINIATURE = traditionally a Chess miniature is 20 moves or less to mate or Resignation occurring. HOWEVER, in this case I want to liberalize the definition a bit and say 25 moves or less. Or a few more than that if you Really… More: backgammon online

Chess Tricks102 ( +1 | -1 )speed chess I recently played chess with some members of a chess club at a local mall. I enjoyed playing live opponents because in my area they few and far between. What i didnt like is the fact they only played 5 min games. Their reasoning was that they could get more games in because they had limited time. I feel that timed chess is not chess at all. The enjoyment of the game is why I play. I would rather play one good game (win or lose) than… More: online chess

Chess Tips141 ( +1 | -1 )Thinking Technique In his book "How to Reassess your Chess" Jeremy Silman recommends this technique for thinking in chess. 1) Figure out the positive and negative imbalances for both sides of the board 2) Figure out the side of the board that you wish to play on. Note: you can only play where a favorable imbalance or the posibility of creating a favorable imbalance exists. 3) Don't calculate! Instead, dream up various fantasy positions, i.e.,… More: backgammon online

Chess Games180 ( +1 | -1 )attacking hi everyone.. i have a problem here.. i cant attack..yes..its true.. i cant say that i am bad in chess but the truth is that most of my wins (about 98%) are by reaching the end game... i was in many situations where i was attacking and attacking but in the end it just fails..yes..maybe i win a pawn or some minor piece..but still i would like to surround his king and checkmate him.. i need your advises but please dont suggest to buy some… More: chess history

Chess Puzzles219 ( +1 | -1 )Draw offers When is it polite to offer a draw? how often? if you are playing a stronger player is it OK to offer a draw? and, is it a physiological dis-advange to have a draw offer declined? Draw Offers Hi sf115! I was told that you could offer a draw at any time during the game but you can only offer it once. More than once is perceived as agressive behaviour. I have had lower rated players offer draws to me in Congresses and tournaments and… More: correspondence chess

Easy Chess258 ( +1 | -1 )Albin Counter Gambit For those interested in trying a perhaps different reply to queen's gambit, come check out this MT: -> gameknot.com I don't know much about it but have been creamed by it twice recently otb; so i want to learn! Cheers / Jeff A scrappy opening for the gambiteer! Don't much about it either, but ... ... Wasn't elinesic's resignation (as White) against poodle1234 a trifle premature? Final position, White to play: Looks play chess online…

Chess Openings297 ( +1 | -1 )Hedgehog defence I have been playing the hedgehog defence on black in nearly all my games (except the fingerslip against dgeirek) and find it very rewarding. I do not know what is white's best reply so I can't give any notation except the finished position for black, which is: 1)e6 2)d6 3)Nf6 4)Be7 5)0-0 6)Bb7 7)Nbd7 8)c6 9)Qc7 10)a6 Anyone with variations are especially asked to post Hedgehog defence eh? Havent heard of that in years....I play chess online…

Free Chess336 ( +1 | -1 )Elo GM? What rating do you have to get to be a Grandmaster? 2500? ICCF title rules are given at: -> www.iccf.com Briefly, to earn a GM title, you have to achieve a 2600 performance in 2 or more events, totalling at least 24 games. The score necessary depends on the rating of your opponents. FIDE rules are similar, but ICCF rules were easier to find. :-) Katherine FIDE Rules for OTB Titles Fairly similar with the addition of a "minimum play chess online…

Free Chess Game375 ( +1 | -1 )Perfect play How far are top GM's from playing "perfect chess"? Also what about PC's and annotations? When it comes to OTB play- very far I would say. However CC play is a different story, here they can analyse with the best programs on the market and that I believe makes a significant difference, but still this will not be equal to "perfect chess" Just IMHO. Best wishes Cairo When? Perfect chess won't happen, until the entire game is play chess online…

Chess Rules414 ( +1 | -1 )Blindfold Chess? Has (or does) anyone play blindfold chess? How exactly do you go about it? I'm assuming you will need a 3rd person to move the pieces! When I first heard the term I just imagined two people with blindfolds on sitting at a table fumbling around and knocking all the pieces over! ;) I was just wondering about this as since I started playing chess, every night when I'm lying in bed before I fall asleep I start playing through games play chess online…

Play Chess Against Computer453 ( +1 | -1 )The Romance Era Letz talk about the most exciting part in chess history! (well at least I think it is lol) What exactly happened during this time that got so many players addicted to chess? And exactly what is the kings/queens gambit. And how does it affect chess play? And is it smart to accept the gambit? For me, these questionz are unanswered, but I'm hoping y'all can help me! Thankz so much! ~*Thugette_Babe*~ The Romantic Era... ...was approx play chess online…

Chess Friends492 ( +1 | -1 )The French does anyone know anything about the French? suggest any good books on the French? Does anyone know anything about the line 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe5 (Rubenstine variation)? The only thing... ... I can say about the Rubinstein Variation (which can also arise after 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4) is that many commentators reckon that by so playing Black "gives up the centre". I think it was Nimzovitch who gave the corrective to this: play chess online…

Chess Opening531 ( +1 | -1 )Following Opening to the letter BIG QUESTION: is it true that the player to first play "out of book" decreases his/her chances of winning? Well, there's no simple answer -- it's "yes" (if he makes a weaker move than a book line) or "no" if he comes up with a TN (theoretical novelty) that is better than the book line. And remember That "strong" and "weak" are relative terms. If your opponent deviates from a book line into uncharted territory, play chess online…

Chess570 ( +1 | -1 )What is a low rating? This weekend, I went to another state's Open. There, one of the players in the Closed, rated about 1950, got angry and yelled at another player rated slightly higher than myself (my USCF rating is 1614). He yelled "you and your low ratings!" This had me thinking. I had a disastrous tournament, losing three miniatures, but I was most upset by the thought that, even though I have been working at chess nonstop for years, I can play chess online…

Chess Game609 ( +1 | -1 )World Longest Chess Game Does anybody know officially, what is the world record on longest chess game in the world? Define long. Do you mean in terms of actual time or moves? There is a big difference. From wikipedia, "The longest tournament chess game ever to be played under modern time rules was Nikolić-Arsović, Belgrade 1989, which lasted for 20 hours and 15 minutes, ending in a 269-move draw.[1][2] At the time this game was played, FIDE play chess online…